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The Buffalo Chapter, Daughters of 
the American Revolution, considered it 
most fitting to make its first Chapter 
meeting after the great tragedy of 1901 

H /iDemortal Wa^ 

to tbe late 

Milllam flDclkinlci?, 

ipreslOcnt of tbe 
laniteD States, 

to whom the allegiance of the National 
Society, Daughters of the American 
Revolution, is due, as chief and head of 
its patriotic organization. 

Tributes to his character, in its 
Christian, social, and oflicial aspects, 
presented by members of the Chapter 
on that occasion, are here published by 
order of the Chapter. 



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me 

HATTHEWS - NORTHHUP 

BUFFALO 




ON that black day when he who loved so well. 
Had sought the presence of Supremest Love, 
And naught remained us but to shut from sight 
His dear, familiar semblance ; in that hour, 
A wave of mourning girdle^ ' 's^^";^,"' "^'i. 
But here among his people wnere ne lay. 
From East to West the solemn silence fell 
That heard the beating of a Nation's heart. 
So to his memory would we consecrate 
Our year's first meeting. So, with reverence, would 
We hush away the din of outer life. 
With that same unity of heart-felt love. 
And offer these sincerest tributes to 
A manhood full of light, and, prism-wise. 
All rich with vari-colored glow ; to one 
Whose well-lived life, whose death so undismayed. 
Shine like God's bow of promise in our sky. 




Historian, 
The Buffalo Chapter, D. A. R. 



personal IRemtntscences ot 
president's 2)a^» 

PRESIDENT'S DAY, September 5, 1901, will long 
be remembered as one of the brightest and hap- 
piest days of the summer's long list of Pan-American 
Exposition State or special days. 

No one could foresee the sad ending of the day that was 
to follow ; there was a certain animation, a hush of 
expectancy, a something, I know not what, in the very 
air, that morning, and as the crowd began to gather 
within the grounds of the Exposition, it seemed that the 
world and all its family were out for a hohday, on pleas- 
ure bent, to give welcome to our honored guest. 

The warmth and brightness of the summer, with its 
flowers and cloudless skies, combined with the haze of 
early autumn, made an indescribably beautiful setting for 
the wealth of decoration in flags of all nations and vari- 
colored bunting, the red, white and yellow, the colors of 
the Pan-American Exposition, sharing the honor with our 
own national red, white and blue. With the added 
attractions of a military display in honor of our President, 
one could not imagine a more perfect or more beautiful 
*< fete day." 

Carriages containing the members of the Diplomatic 
Corps, arriving early at the Grand Esplanade, were wel- 

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corned by the Chairman and members of the Entertain- 
ment Committee, and places in the Tribunes were assigned 
them. Here we awaited the coming of the presidential 
party. 

Leaving the home of Mr. Milburn, President of the 
Pan-American Exposition, in the morning at eleven o'clock, 
the President was escorted by a body of mounted troops to 
the Lincoln Parkway Gate. There the party was met by 
the entire military contingent of the Government on the 
grounds, the two local regiments of the National Guard, 
and the Marine Band of Washington. The parade then 
formed and marched through the Triumphal Causeway 
to the Tribunes erected on the West Esplanade. 

When the President arrived with Mrs. McKinley, he 
with tenderness assisted her faltering footsteps from the 
carriage to her place next his own on the platform, from 
where he delivered the formal address of the day. 

President Milburn made the introduction in a most 
impressive manner. He stood waiting until the applause 
had all died away, and the audience had become quiet, 
then merely mentioned the words, **The President." 

With close attention Mrs. McKinley followed every 
word uttered by the President, whose oration upon that day 
will be of historical interest throughout the years to come. 

At the close of the President's address, Mrs. McKin- 
ley, whose feeble health prevented her taking further part 
in the exercises, was escorted to a carriage by Dr. Rixey 
and driven back to Mr. Milburn' s house ; at the same 

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time the President entered his carriage and, with his 
escort, was driven to the Stadium, where the military- 
review was held. 

Upon arrival there, the sound of the martial music and 
the plaudit* of the crowd seemed to inspire the President 
with enthusiasm. Marching with the general in com- 
mand, he entered into the spirit of the affair, and with 
long, sweeping strides, and the springing step of a boy, 
made the entire tour of the great arena of the Stadium. 

Having been invited to join the ladies of the President's 
party, I was with them in the Reviewing Stand, and 
when the President joined us there, he said that this 
reminded him of his old army days when he was **The 
Major," by which title Mrs. McKinley always loved to 
address him. 

President McKinley had a remarkable memory for 
names and faces, which greatly added to his popularity. 
When I was presented to him, he spoke of having met 
me the previous winter in Washington, when I was there 
as the official representative of the Pan-American Exposi- 
tion and of** The Buffalo Chapter," to present an invitation 
to the National Society, ** Daughters of the American 
Revolution," and to its honored head, the President of the 
United States, to be present and unite in celebrating ** Flag- 
Day " as D. A. R. Day at the Exposition; June 14, 
1 90 1 , was the day selected, and the event was celebrated 
with great success. I was also Vice-Regent of Buffalo 
Chapter and delegate to the National Continental Con- 



gress. Daughters of the American Revolution, then in 
session in Washington. With a pleasant word of greet- 
ing, the President said, ** Is it well with the Buffalo Chap- 
ter, Mrs. Horton ? " I was glad to be able to reply, 
**It is well with the Buffalo Chapter, Mr. President." 

At the close of the review. President McKinley was 
driven to the New York State Building, where a luncheon 
was given in his honor by the New York State Com- 
missioners. 

At the same hour, the ladies of the President's party 
were the guests of the Board of Women Managers at 
the Woman's Building, Exposition Grounds, at a luncheon 
given in honor of Mrs. McKinley. 

Following these luncheons, the President and entire 
party were driven to the Government Building. Here a 
private reception was given in honor of the President. 

As Chairman of the Committee on Entertainments 
and Ceremonies, I was invited by the Government 
officials, by whom this reception was arranged, to repre- 
sent the Board of Women Managers, and, in company 
with the ladies of the Diplomatic Corps, was present at 
this reception. 

I had the honor of standing next to the President and 
could not but be impressed by the courteous and affable 
manner, the pleasant smile, the friendly hand-clasp, show- 
ing the innate gentleness of spirit and Christian love for 
humanity that was a part of the being of this noble man. 
These very traits in the President's character made it pos- 



sible for the assassin to accomplish his cruel design. He 
attempted to enter the building at this private reception, 
but was prevented from so doing, as admission could only 
be obtained by card. 

President McKinley requested that a public reception 
should be held, so that he might have an opportunity of 
meeting the people, the general public, to whom he 
belonged ; thus was given an occasion for the assassin, 
under the pretense of showing respectful homage to a high 
official, to strike down the idol of the American people. 

The day after came the trip to Niagara Falls. The 
presidential party and a few friends were the guests of the 
officials of the Exposition. In the early morning hours 
we enjoyed a drive through the park to the railway station 
at the Exposition grounds, where we awaited the coming 
of the presidential party. We were not long kept wait- 
ing, for the President soon arrived with Mrs. McKinley, 
walking from the carriage to the drawing-room car in 
readiness for them. The President greeted all those pres- 
ent with the dignified and gracious manner which was 
characteristic of him. 

On that trip from Buffalo to the Falls at every station 
en route were crowds to greet the President. Men stood 
with uncovered heads, and women and Httle children 
showed happy greetings in their faces for the man they 
delighted to honor, the man they held in loving reverence. 

Arriving at the Falls, we drove in carriages to the center 
of the great bridge, where the law which prevents the 



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President of the United States from leaving this country 
while in office interfered with the trip to the Canadian 
side for a view of the Falls from that point. The car- 
riages then turned and drove around Goat Island, the 
President greatly enjoying the beautiful views of the great 
Niagara that opened up through the wooded vistas of the 
island. 

After luncheon at the Falls, we returned to the train, 
and, on arrival at the Exposition Grounds, the President 
was driven from the railway station to the Temple of 
Music, stopping a few moments at the Spanish Mis- 
sion Chapel. At the Temple of Music the public recep- 
tion was held. 

An incident connected with the reception will illustrate 
the kind thoughtfulness of the President. At the luncheon 
given in honor of Mrs. McKinley by the Board of Women 
Managers, Pan-American Exposition, a young woman 
having a very beautiful voice sang several selections most 
acceptably. The young ladies of the President's family 
expressed themselves to me as being very much pleased. 
I said to them, ** Remember that this young girl is in need 
of recognition of her ability as an artist, and is just begin- 
ning the life which she is hopeful will lead to success and 
renown in her profession. Any kind word or help you 
may be able to give her will be appreciated." Upon 
hearing this, the President asked to have her sing at the 
reception in the Temple of Music. She was standing 
ready to begin her selection, and the violinist stood with 



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uplifted bow, to begin the obligate with which he was to 
accompany her, when the sad ending came to the scene 
at the Temple of Music, and to that long-to-be-remem- 
bered time, in the terrible tragedy that robbed the Nation 
of its President. 

As ** Daughters of the American Revolution," we aim 
to instill into the hearts of all that spirit of true Ameri- 
canism which was bequeathed to us by our forefathers ; and 
had such spirit been universal among the people, the tragedy 
that occurred within the borders of the Queen City of 
the Empire State would never have occupied a page in 
the history of this commonwealth. The echo of sweet- 
est music, or eloquent, patriotic oratory would alone have 
reverberated through the ornate arches of our beautiful 
Temple of Music. And thus it would have been impos- 
sible for a pistol ball, by the hand of an assassin, to have 
been aimed at the beloved, revered, and honored foremost 
citizen of this Republic, the late President McKinley. 




Mrs. John Miller Horton, 

First Vice-Regent ''The Buffalo Chapter,'' D. A. R. 
Chairman of the Committee on Entertainments and Ceremonies, 
Board of Women Managers, Ban- American Exposition. 



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flbclkinlc^'s Cbaracteristtcs* 

A STANDARD has been made manifest in a human 
character in our midst which humbles one and all. 
As it elevates mind and spirit to gaze upon mountain 
heights, so does it, and much more, elevate, clarify, and 
bless to see clearly and apprehend lovingly a great and 
noble character. Character is life's highest attainment ; 
it comes not all at once, but is the result of the daily, 
hourly intent ; and before him in v^rhose every word, every 
act, and, indeed, whole personality at a crucial time one 
feels poise, purpose, gentleness, strength, faith and love, 
one yields heart reverence and receives a blessing. 

You all know that President McKinley represented all 
that and much more, and with me feel, I am sure, that to 
have had his spirit pass from earth to heaven from our very 
midst renders our tie to him peculiarly close, and the 
radiance from his beautifully balanced life shines clear and 
luminous for each one of us. 

It is only to express for all the tribute which each 
woman holds in her heart for him, that I say a few words 

at this time. 

We are privileged to look over the span of his entire 
Ufe as it stretches back through fifty-nine years of consist- 
ent endeavor. The uprightness, the fortitude, which 

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characterized McKinley can be traced to his Scotch-Irish 
descent ; his patriotism finds its roots in that of his great- 
grandfather, who fought for the liberties of this country 
in the revolutionary war. His gentleness, kindliness, 
sympathy, were the flower of his master passion, love for 
God, — who taught him that all men are brethren in 
Christ Jesus. 

The man who bore himself so calmly in the terrible 
stress of surprise and pain, when struck by an assassin's 
hand, was one whose discipline of self began long before. 
A boy of eighteen, he joined the Twenty-third Ohio 
Volunteers, and remained throughout the war at the front 
with the exception of one short furlough. Many acts of 
bravery are told of McKinley, but one early in the war 
will picture the brave, quiet heroism of the soldier boy. 
While Sergeant, and acting in the Commissary Department, 
his regiment, at daylight, without breakfast, went into the 
battle of Antietam. About three in the afternoon, when 
the men were nearly fainting for lack of nourishment, 
young McKinley carried food to each soldier up to the 
firing line. Could anything reveal a better blending of 
courage and calm } 

McKinley loved his friends, and was loved in return as 
few men are loved. Every one respected his manhood 
and his high sense of honor. His gentle but strong 
personality rousing no antagonisms, combined with the 
confidence in the man which it inspired, brought him 
to Congress, where he remained for seven terms, followed 

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by two terms as Governor of Ohio. Finally, he was 
called to the highest honor, and in 1896 he was elected 
President, the representative of the People of these 
United States. Truly was he the type of our very 
best citizenship. Belonging to a country governed by 
the people, he believed in the people, and sought to 
know them, and to guide, rather than to force, national 
poHcy. I have hardly time to allude to the qualities 
which made him a successful politician in the true sense of 
that much-abused word, though they are all accounted for 
in the three words with which Hamilton Mabie defines 
strong, effectual life-qualities, — ** Balance, harmony, and 
restraint." True are they of McKinley, if of any man. 
Balance of interests, of energies left its stamp in the lines 
of his face ; and the right adjustment which men recog- 
nized in him between the man and his opportunities, led 
to a harmony with men and things which was a marked 
characteristic of this man of peace ; and restraint, that 
is, patience, judgment, steadiness, were elements in his 
success and power, recognized by all. O what a man 
was that for friend, for country ! 

That he regarded his poHtical responsibilities as trusts 
and not ambitions is revealed in the quiet words he spoke 
to Cleveland at the time of his first inaugural. They were 
sitdng side by side, the throng surging about them, bands 
playing, soldiers marching in his honor, when he leaned 
over and said quietly to Cleveland, " What an impressive 
thing it is to assume tremendous responsibilities ! ' ' The 

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tone, the manner, the words revealed the true heart of the 
man. Of them Cleveland said, in his words of tribute 
in Princeton the day of McKinley's funeral, **I have 
always thought since then that I was in possession of the 
key to his manner of administration." He was by nature 
conservative, and yet he was ready^to march forward along 
new and untried ways of national life, because the people 
were ready and because he believed that it was God's call 
to these United States to go forward into a larger mission 
in this His world. 

Of his lender devotion to his wife there is no need for 
me to speak. We all honor him for it, and feel that the 
sacredness of home and home love has been emphasized 
by his life-long faithfulness, as no church council, no legal 
code, could do. The largeness of his nature shines in the 
fact that his home-life was never sacrificed or wounded ; 
and yet he had the time, the energy in public affairs which 
the heaviest and highest public duties can impose. 

The results of Hfe, of character, depend upon the 
springs thereof. Everywhere, the world over, in these 
weeks since McKinley died, men have bowed heavily 
with grief, and yet have lifted face and eyes heavenward 
with a stronger assurance of faith than perhaps ever before, 
because this man, so busy with the affairs of this world, 
yet held his heart at peace, having the ** anchor of his soul 
both sure and steadfast within the heavenly veil." Even 
yet we hardly realize the gift to the religious sense, the 
quickening of spiritual desires, the recognition of the right 

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of human nature to the bread of life, and the water of 
life, which McKinley has given to this country. 

** Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaketh.*' 
We thought he Hved in the glare of public life, but his true 
life was hid with Christ in God ; for, when wounded, his 
thought was for others, and not one word of bitterness 
escaped him, only pity for his murderer, love for all, and 
trust in his God. The farewell words — ** Goodbye all, 
goodbye. It is God's way. His will be done, not 
ours" — come to us as a benediction, leading us all into 
his own trust and faith, taking us to the very gates of the 
heavenly city, where we feel that he had the welcome 
home. 

The hymns he loved will sing for us always, and I 
hope to the children after us — of aspiration and a greater 
longing for a personal sense of God, of trust in the Divine 
guidance. 

McKinley said of Lincoln, ** A noble manhood, nobly 
consecrated, never dies." Surely McKinley will live for 
us, and on through the generations, as the man who met 
every relation of Hfe nobly ; who knew and loved his 
God ; who made a living truth of the Bible promise : 
** Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is 
stayed on Thee." 



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/IDr. /iDclktnlei^'s poltttcal Career* 

WHEN the last battle had been fought for freedom 
in our Republic, and the soldier had laid aside 
his rifle and his uniform for the garb of civil life, he could 
not at once settle down to the ordinary complaisant life 
of the man who thinks all will go well without his active 
interference in the affairs of the government. To the 
man who had fought, the country was a living entity to 
which he had pledged his cares and services, and since 
these were no longer needed in the field of war, he offered 
them in the field of politics. The result was an interest 
among the rank and file in political matters that had never 
been known before in the annals of our country. 

To one of Mr. McKinley's temperament, it was 
inevitable that he should throw himself into what he con- 
sidered the remaining duty of the hour, so one cannot be 
surprised that his first polidcal speeches were in favor of 
negro suffrage. Giving the freedmen a vote was con- 
sidered a polidcal necessity at the dme — the only way to 
keep the South subdued. Whether this was a mistake or 
not, the future historian will decide ; but to Mr. McKin- 
ley it appeared a self-evident truth, and he adopted the 
cause of negro franchise as his own. 

Soon after, he was elected District Attorney, a posi- 
tion demanding a clear brain, undaunted courage, and the 
power to hold judgment in suspense until facts are demon- 

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strated. Holding this office is an admirable training for 
any other office in the gift of the people. 

During Mr. Hayes' campaign for Governor, in 1875, 
Mr. McKinley made speeches for honest money and the 
resumption of specie payment, and was never again off 
the list as an effective political speaker. 

In 1876, he was nominated for Congress, and elected 
thereto in a nominally Democratic district. He succeeded 
Mr. Garfield as a member of the Ways and Means Com- 
mittee — the most important committee of the House — 
a position which made him leader of his party in the 
House. In 1888, he began the tariff discussion, which 
brought him most prominently before the country as a 
brilliant advocate of high tariff, and which ended in the 
passage of the bill bearing his name, so familiar to us all. 
In 1890, Mr. McKinley spoke in favor of sustaining the 
Civil Service Law, to which there was, and is, much 
opposition among politicians, saying, **The Republican 
party must take no step backward ; the merit system is 
here and is here to stay." In the same Congress he 
spoke and voted for the Eight Hour Law, and advocated 
an anti-trust and an anti-option law. 

In I 891, he was a candidate for Governor of Ohio, 
and was elected by a large majority. In his first annual 
message he directed attention to the finances of the State, 
and enjoined economy in all expenses. He recommended 
additional safeguards for steam and electrical railroad 
employees. He was re-elected by a majority even larger 



than he had at first received. During his second term, 
labor troubles arose, and crimes were committed for which 
lynchings were threatened ; but Governor McKinley pro- 
claimed that lynchings must not be tolerated in Ohio, 
thus quelling the mob instinct among decent men and 
saving his commonwealth from a foul blot on her fair fame. 

Early in his political career, Mr. McKinley was men- 
tioned as a probable candidate for the presidency. At the 
time Mr. Blaine in the presidential convention positively 
refused to be a candidate, the delegates began to name 
McKinley as their choice. He was himself a delegate-at- 
large from Ohio in the convention, and when he saw the 
movement to nominate him gaining power, he rose and said, 
** I cannot with honorable fideHty to John Sherman, who 
has trusted me in his cause and with his cause ; I cannot 
consistently with my own views of personal integrity con- 
sent, or seem to consent, to permit my name to be used 
as a candidate before this convention. I do not request, 
I demand that no delegate who would not cast reflection 
upon me shall cast a ballot for me." 

At the next presidential convention, in 1892, he was 
again a delegate, and was made chairman of the conven- 
tion. Many of his friends wished him to become a can- 
didate, but again he put his personal ambition away, say- 
ing that Harrison deserved the nomination, and requesting 
his friends to vote for Harrison. His surprise was great 
when at roll call Ohio responded by presenting his name. 
He at once challenged the vote from the chair and put 

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himself on record for Harrison. What old Roman, in the 
time of the great Republic, could or would have done more ? 

When Mr. McKinley was elected President, he was 
the choice of the people as well as of the Electoral College, 
and accepted the position in thorough loyalty to the insti- 
tutions of our country. As President, his conduct of the 
Spanish War and the various questions growing out of it 
brought us brilliantly through a time fraught with many 
dangers. His management of our foreign relations was so 
tactful and conservative as to inspire universal confidence 
in the peaceful intentions of the United States. 

So far, we have seen Mr. McKinley as a clear-headed, 
high-minded, honorable politician ; but it was left for his 
second term as President to present the real nobleness of his 
nature. ** Now," said he, ** I can be President as I want 
to be President." He promptly, but unmistakably, put his 
foot on the third term hydra, and made a tour of the country, 
drawing all hearts to him by his loving interest in all that 
concerned his people. And it was in Buffalo, where he was 
welcomed as few have been welcomed, that his final word 
was to be said. He had long thought it over, and here, 
where so many nationalities were stretching forth their 
hands to him, he enunciated his broadest message to human- 
ity : *' God and man have linked nations together, no 
nation can longer be indifferent to any other," — showing 
his last platform to have been the brotherhood of man. 



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/IDclkinlep* 

A MONG the Presidents of these United States there 
jr\. have been many who have been strong, wise, and 
sometimes great ; but each in his own way and according 
to the laws of his own being. 

Some, driven by the force of indomitable will, or an 
obstinate belief that theirs was the right and only way, 
have governed on occasion like dictators, have assumed 
somewhat autocratic powers, indifferent, in a measure, 
to the opinions of party or people. And many among 
their fellow citizens have looked upon such a course as 
admirable. 

But the President whom we honor to-day had a far 
different way. Force and determination were not lacking 
in him, but they were mellowed by considerateness and 
sweet reasonableness of mind. From the beginning to 
the tragic end of his career, along all of the rising steps of 
distinction by which he climbed to be the great Execu- 
tive we mourn, he seemed never to be soHcitous concern- 
ing himself, his own will or idea, save as they might 
become the will or idea of the people. He believed not 
only in the right and authority of the people, but in their 
sense and judgment. He beheved that a// of the people 
knew more than any one of the people. 

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This deference to the public mind, which in a smaller 
man might have seemed small, which in an inferior man 
might have been demagogic, which might have been a 
limitation and a restriction to a weaker man, was in him 
an element of strength, for he exalted his method by the 
superiority of his own mind. President McKinley well 
knew that public opinion is fed from many sources, and to 
a great extent will be formed by the foolish if not formed 
by the wise. He would not constrain the reluctant, but 
he would instruct and guide the receptive ; so he gave out 
his purposes, his desires, and shared them with the great 
commonalty ; and then, like a wise sower, he waited for 
his thought to grow. He never grumbled or complained 
about the unpleasant meteorological conditions of the 
public mind. If clouds of criticism arose, if storms of 
abuse descended, they passed over him, leaving his temper 
serene, his countenance tranquil. And when the harvest 
of public approval came, he executed his own will, which 
had become the will of the people. 

His silver speech, his golden silence, became not the 
sword but the wand of the conqueror. He was, indeed, 
as has well been said, *' invincibly gentle"; but he was 
more and he was greater, he was gently invincible. 

" Stern lawgiver ! yet he wore 
The Godhead's most benignant grace ; 

Nor know we anything so fair 
As was the smile upon his face," 



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Only the noble die nobly. Only by the constant 
endeavor, from day to day, to practice the heavenly 
virtues are we enabled to die in peace. No magic 
formula of priest or prophet, applied at the last moment, 
can avail to fit or beautify us for the passage to the beyond. 

A President, like a soldier, might w^ell wish to die 
bravely and as befits one whom the nations honor. But 
dying takes from mortals all power to will. We become 
in that supreme moment only the instruments through 
which the thoughts and aspirations habitual with us 
express themselves. In the habitual attitude of President 
McKinley's well-ordered mind and spirit, in his constant 
subordination of his will to something he held higher than 
himself — the People, the Government, his Maker — we see 
the firm foundation on which was laid his power to die. 

The resounding acclaims of a triumphant re-election 
still lingering in the air, facing with exalted ambitions the 
grandest opportunides of his career, in the twinkling of an 
eye he is cut down, and with instant submission accepts 
without a murmur the awful decree. His dying eyes 
pierce the veil, he sees that God has another way, and 
with unfaltering courage he utters the words so like those 
of the gentle Master on Calvary, which will ring in our 
souls forever. 

What infinite blessing was granted us, that before he 
passed over the highway of our hearts to the heavenly 
shore he was permitted to bequeath those words as a 
priceless legacy to mankind. 

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Time, the unerring judge of the qualities of greatness, 
will decide his place on the honor roll of statesmen, on 
the scroll of fame. But it may be, who can tell ? — it 
may be that President McKinley's greatest, his divinely- 
appointed, mission was to teach and exemplify by his Hfe 
and death these needed lessons : to teach the strength of 
gentleness, the greatness of obedience ; to teach the 
sacredness of the marriage vows by an example of such 
perfect conjugal duty and love as the world scarcely ever 
saw before ; and, above all, to teach the waning faith of 
the world the sustaining power of simple, every-day 
religion, by the example of how it helped a world-honored 
statesman to die. 

(Mrs. James A. Roberts.) 



Buffalo Cbapter, WawQhtcts 
Hmerican 1Re\>olution» 

AT the Annual Meeting of the Buffalo Chapter 
Daughters of the American Revolution, held 
October the i8th, 1901, the following preamble and 
resolutions were unanimously adopted : 

In view of the fact that since the reunion of the 
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 
held at ** The Temple of Music," Pan-American Expo- 
sition, on Flag Day, D. A. R. Day, June the 14th, 1901, 
a terrible tragedy has been enacted there ; and we, the 
members of the Buffalo Chapter, in common with the 
whole Nation, have been called upon to mourn the 
death of our beloved and honored President, William 
McKinley ; and 

Whereas, We deplore the means by which the deed 
was accomphshed, therefore it is but meet that we should 
constitute this, the first Chapter meeting of the year, a 
Memorial Season, and give expression to, and here re- 
cord, the love and grief in all our hearts : therefore, be it 

Resolvedy That we mourn with deep and sincere grief 
the great and true man who has been taken from us in 
the plenitude of his powers, William McKinley — Soldier, 
Statesman, President — the wise, firm, far-seeing leader 
and ruler ; the gracious and kindly man, stainless in life, 
and fearless in death. 

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